
Boston born Meredith d'Ambrosio,
a renaissance woman of international critical acclaim,
has successfully combined careers in the musical
and visual arts. Her musical sojourn began in 1958
in Boston singing with small bands with Roger Kellaway
on piano. Although she worked primarily as a jazz
singer-pianist she is also known as a respected
calligrapher, watercolorist, creator of eggshell
mosaics, composer, lyricist, recording artist and
teacher. She branched out into NYC in 1981, and
since that time has been touring extensively throughout
North America and Europe performing with such musicians
as Harold Danko, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, Fred
Hersch, Eddie Higgins, Dick Hyman, Hank Jones, Lee
Musiker, Mike Renzi, Richard Wyands, Milt Hinton,
Major Holley, Jay Leonhart, Michael Moore, George
Mraz, Rufus Reid, Leroy Vinnegar, Buddy DeFranco,
Harry Allen, Lee Konitz, Ken Peplowski, Phil Woods,
Jack Sheldon, Don Sickler, Al Grey, Johnny Frigo,
Gene Bertoncini, Kevin Eubanks, Joe Ascione, Terry
Clarke, Keith Copeland, Jake Hanna, Butch Miles
and Ben Riley to name a few.
Meredith d'Ambrosio
continues to delight those who have come to expect
a high degree of proficiency in her artistic offerings
and has shown herself to be, if not an iconoclast,
one who is comfortable enough with her own sense
of self to challenge the mainstream concept of popularity
without sacrificing considerable talents and originality.
"To listen to d'Ambrosio
is to abandon oneself to her charm. She leaves
you spellbound with her impeccable diction, great
sense of phrasing, intonation, and gentle swing,
showing an unaffected simplicity and inner lyricism
that expresses more than all the high-soaring
excesses of scat singers." (Serge Baudot,
Jazz Hot, France) "Her secret, one
shared by very few singers, is her ability to
deliver the meaning of a lyric in her understated
and hip-as-can-be
way." (George Fendel, Portland Jazzscene)
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Selected
Credits:
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| Subject of TV Series,
ODYSSEY, WBZ Boston 1966 Meredith vs. the
Arts. |
| Guest performer in
Emmy Award Winning TV special FOREVER GERSHWIN,
WCVB Boston 1974. |
| ANOTHER TIME was presented
to Songwriters Hall of Fame 6/82 BYC,
and was voted one of the best ten albums by
Japan's Swing Journal 9/83. |
| Voted in top five
of TDWR category of Female Vocalist in Down
Beat International Critics Jazz Poll from
1982 to 1985 and 1987 to 1991. |
| Guest performer on
Marian McPartland's NPR series Piano Jazz
1994. |
| Nominated for Django
by French Academy of Jazz for Best
Female Jazz Vocalist 5/2000. |
| Her biography is included
in the FRENCH DICTIONARY OF JAZZ 1988 and
1994 editions; in FEU LE FREE by J.-P. Moussaron
1990; ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JAZZ by Leonard Feather,
Ira Gitler 1999; LOUIS' CHILDREN by Leslie
Gourse 1995, etc. |
| Member of SGA and
BMI. |
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